What's for dinner? We'll help you decide
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Californer -- It's an age-old question that bedevils us all.

We are overwhelmed by endless choices for our next meal — by endless beautiful food blogs and tempting restaurants and cuisines from around the world.

And yet every day we agonize over the decision, only to end up with the same old comfortable take-out or well-worn recipe.

So what can we do about it?

Random Cooking (https://random.cooking) now offers a solution to anyone who is moderately creative in the kitchen and willing to commit to a challenge. Just press a button on the website and voila: you've got a set of ingredients to work with.

It's up to you what you do with them. Research your cookbooks and websites for matching recipes? Improvise something new in the kitchen? Turn them into a gourmet five-course dinner or toss them all together on a sheet pan?

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There are no rules. We're just here to give you a nudge. To end your paralysis. To change your life. Hey, whatever.

Over 400,000 ingredient combinations

Look, I know we said those endless choices were making things difficult. But if you commit to the bit, all you have to do it press a button and roll with it. It's unlikely you'll see the same combination twice, so at least you won't get bored.

We love user contributions

Random Cooking is set up so that you can easily tell us how you used the challenge we provided. If you run a food blog, it's an easy way to share your recipe links and get some traffic back to your site.

That's all we want to do, really: help people discover new taste combinations, and help end a few arguments about what's for dinner.

Learn more at https://random.cooking.